Jim Beach

JIM BEACH. British lawyer and band manager best known for being the long-time manager of the rock band Queen / its individual members and the comedy group Monty Python. He was nicknamed "Miami" by Freddie Mercury, a play on his surname. He took over as manager of the band in 1978 after he had acted on their behalf as a lawyer. He is co-founder of Transistor Project (together with Blur's Dave Rowntree) and the co-founder of the Mercury Phoenix Trust which promotes AIDS prevention worldwide